Judge Rosemary M. CollyerSeptember 2012: Average Prison Sentence

District Court - Washington, D.C. Program Area: White Collar Crime

Percent not reported where cases too few to provide meaningful comparison.Table 1: Current and 5 YearAverage Prison Sentence Comparison

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Judge

District

Compared To District

U.S.

Compared To U.S.

Latest Fiscal Year

25.0

21.8

-

24.3

-

Previous Fiscal Year

0.0

8.3

-

23.1

-

Past 5 Years

15.3

15.0

2.3%

23.2

-34.0%

Percent not reported where cases too few to provide meaningful comparison.Table 1: Current and 5 YearAverage Prison Sentence Comparison

For all cases disposed of in the current fiscal year (2012) that were credited
to Judge Rosemary M. Collyer in the District of Washington, D.C., the
average prison sentence was 25.0 months, when looking only at cases falling under the broad category of "White Collar Crime".
During the current fiscal year, Judge Rosemary M. Collyer has
sentenced 3 defendants
compared with 2 defendants during the twelve months
of the previous fiscal year.

Over the last five years, the average prison sentence imposed on defendants
that were credited to Judge Collyer was 15.3 months. This was
2.3% higher than the 15.0 months typical
in Washington, D.C. and 34.0% lower than
the 23.2 months average prison sentence for the nation.
Judge Rosemary M. Collyer sentenced 10 defendants during the past five years.

(CAUTION: The kinds of cases handled by individual judges influences
statistical information about their sentences. It therefore is
important to consider the breakdown of cases that each has handled,
available below, when making judge-by-judge comparisons.)

Figure 1: Five Year Comparison of Average Prison Sentencein Months

Figure 1 compares Judge Collyer's numbers to those for judges in this district and
in the United States as a whole for cases of this type over the last five years.

During the last five years there were 13 other judges in the District of Washington, D.C. with information
on convictions during that period.
Average prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges
ranged from 5.6 months to 52.8 months, putting Judge Collyer's average prison sentence
of 15.3 months at the higher end of the range.
The average prison sentence
for the whole District of Washington, D.C. during that time was 15.0 months.

Figure 2: Detailed Comparison among Judges for the District of Washington, D.C.

Professional Biography

Born 1945 in Port Chester, MD

Federal Judicial Service
Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Nominated by George W. Bush on , to a seat vacated by Thomas Penfield Jackson; Confirmed by the Senate on November 14, 2002, and received commission on November 15, 2002.

Education:
Trinity College, B.A., 1968
University of Denver College of Law, J.D., 1977

Lead Investigative Agencies in Cases Handled

The lead investigative agency that referred cases disposed of by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer for the past five years
was the Other. It accounted for 30.0% of all cases.

Other agencies with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed
by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer over the past five years were:
Homeland Security - Other (10.0%), Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation (10.0%), Justice - Other (10.0%), Labor (10.0%), State Department (10.0%), Other - District of Columbia (10.0%), Other - USAO District Transfer (10.0%).

Agency

Judge

District

US

Other

30.0%

23.7%

2.7%

Homeland Security - Other

10.0%

0.5%

0.7%

Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation

10.0%

21.7%

32.5%

Justice - Other

10.0%

6.1%

1.0%

Labor

10.0%

2.5%

1.2%

State Department

10.0%

1.0%

0.8%

Other - District of Columbia

10.0%

12.6%

0.1%

Other - USAO District Transfer

10.0%

2.0%

0.2%

Table 2: Composition of Cases for the Past Five Years (Top 10)

Lead Charges in Cases Handled

The lead charge with the most cases disposed of by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer for the past five years
was "18 USC 666 - Theft or bribery in programs receiving Fed funds". It accounted for 20.0% of all cases.